
Sourced from BBC Archives, rare performance footage of The Pretty Things in the 60’s and 70’s Contains expanded liner notes by Richard Morton Jack Sourced from the BBC archives, the set covers numerous tracks from the 1960 & 1970s period - including smash hits such as ‘Rosalyn’, Don’t Bring Me Down’, ‘Midnight To Six Man’, R&B standards ‘Road Runner’ and ‘Route 66’, and later classic album tracks ‘S.F. Sorrow Is Born’ and ‘Singapore Silk Torpedo’.
The BBC sessions were recorded by the highly trained, professional engineers of the establishment broadcasting organisation for radio and TV broadcast. Our CDs explore all the Pretty Things’ BBC Radio One output, including 1960s ‘Top Gear’, the ‘John Peel Sessions’ and legendary TV shows such as ‘The Old Grey Whistle Test’, ‘Sounds Of The Sixties’, ‘Blues At The BBC’ and others.Expertly remastered by Jon Astley (who has worked on recordings by The Who, Led Zeppelin, George Harrison and many others).Detailed data in the booklet, which also includes authoritative liner notes by Richard Morton Jack, editor of Flashback magazine, with new quotes from the band.
CD 1
01. BIG BOSS MAN
02. DON'T BRING ME DOWN
03. MAMA, KEEP YOUR BIG MOUTH SHUT
04. SITTING ALL ALONE)
05. ROAD RUNNER
06. BIG CITY
07. L.S.D.
08. MIDNIGHT TO SIX MAN
09. BUZZ THE JERK
10. MIDNIGHT TO SIX MAN
11. TURN MY HEAD
12. DEFECTING GREY
13. WALKING THROUGH MY DREAMS
14. S.F. SORROW IS BORN
15. SHE SAYS GOOD MORNING
16. BALLOON BURNING
17. SEND YOU WITH LOVING
18. SPRING
19. SHE'S A LOVER
20. SICKLE CLOWNS
21. CRIES FROM THE MIDNIGHT CIRCUS
22. COLD STONE
23. STONE-HEARTED MAMA
24. SUMMERTIME
25. SWEET ORPHAN LADY
26. PETER / RIP OFF TRAIN
CD 2
01. LOVE IS GOOD
02. SUMMERTIME
03. SLOW BEGINNINGS
04. STONE HEARTED MAMA
05. COLD STONE
06. CIRCUS MIND
07. ONION SOUP
08. LOVE IS GOOD
09. ROSALYN
10. ALL NIGHT SAILOR
11. ONION SOUP / ANOTHER BOWL
12. ROUTE 66
13. PETER / RIP OFF TRAIN
14. ATLANTA
15. RELIGION'S DEAD